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Patented Jan. l0, 1933 UNTED STATES PATENT @FFICE TI-IEGDORE FEDERWITZ AND VJ'ALTER T. BAILEY, 0l" PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYL- VAN, ASSIGNGRS TO STKES @t SMTH COMPANY, O141 PHILADELPHA, PENNSYL- VANIA, A GQRPORATION GIE PENNSYLVANIA.

CONVEYING SYSTEM Original application le July 1, 1925, Serial No. 40,769. Divided and this application. led September 25,

1926. Serial Gur invent-ion relates to the artof vfeeding Wrappers, sheets, labels, or equivalent, hereinafter termed sheets or Wrappers, to a machine or unit', as a Wrapping machine, a box Wrapping or covering machin-e, a packg age Wrapping machine, a can Wrapping machine, or equivalent, hereinafter termed a Wrapping unit, or Wrapping machine, which applies the sheet to any desired strncture, as a stayed box, package, can, or equivalent, hereinafter termed a box, or to a nonstayed box, or equivalent. i

In accordance with our invention, a system or combination of units, suitably synchronized or operating in definitely timed relation, automatically Vand successively deliver sheets, having one surface either partially or Wholly coated `With a. suitable adhesive, as glue, to a Wrapping unit in timed relation with the delivery thereto of a box, or a. non-stayed box, or equivalent.

Further in accordance with our invention, a sheet stripped from suitable adhesive applying mechanism and accordingly often assuming an arc-shape is` manipulated by suitable structure to lie iiat, preferably upon the conveyor structure of une adhesive applying unit.

Further in accordance with our invention, a sheet gripper, successively operating to grip and transport glued sheets, is so constructed that different surfaces thereof come into engagement with 'the successive glued sheets transported thereby, and'inore particularly the gripper comprises a Wheel or diss rotatable to present different surfaces to the glue coated surfaces of successive sheets. Y

Further in accordance with our invention, sheet grippe 's of the character aforesaid are comprised in suitable conveyor structure, as sprocket chains, belts or the like.

Further in accordance With our invention,

' suitable conveyor structure in alignment with sheet delivering structure, as the conveyor belt of a glue applying unit, is intermittently operable to seize and transport in succession individual glued sheets, the conveyor and d-eliverinc' structure coo eratinO' to alion indi- 23 D b vidual sheets transversely of the conveyor structure.

More particularly, adjacent the point of delivery of sheets from the gluer to the conveyor unit, there is pneumatically applied, by air jet or equivalent, to an oncoming glued sheet a force retarding the sheet as it approaches the desired position of alignment.

Further in accordance With our invention, suitable conveyor structure cooperates With suitable release structure to feed individual box-es to the Wrapping unit in timed relation to the passage thereto of individual glued sheets, and more particularly suitable mechanism tends to enter the path of box feed at predetermined intervals, and upon failure in the box feed enters the path of feed to dis connect the source of power.

Further in accordance With our invention, there is provided structure for positioning a stack of sheets in advance of application of adhesive thereto, to insure their delivery to the conveyor structure in substantially predetermined position transversely of their movement thereby g and more particularly the stach positioning structure comprises elements adjustable to substantially equal extents With respect to the path of travel of the sheets both in the adhesive applying unit and in the conveyor structure.

Further in accordance with our invention, structure lor conveying both sheets and boxes or blanks for non-stayed boxes to a common point of delivery is fully adjustable for ma` nipulating sheets and boxes or blanks of different dimensions.

Further in accordance with our invention, there is correlated With the `ivrappenapplying structure of a Wrapping machine stripper mechanism operating in timed relation With respect to structure for conveying to the Wrapping unit sheet-s or boxes or non-stayed boxes, and movable or adjustable With the adjustable structure of the conveyor mechanism for operation upon boxes or non-stayed boxes of different dimensions; an further our invention resides in the correlation With the form block structure of a Wrapping unit of stripper mechanism mounted independently thereof hut operating in timed relation therewith.

Our invention resides in the system, apparatus and features of structure hereinafter described and claimed.

The apparatus herein disclosed is of the general character described in prior Letters Patent 1,403,635, January 17 1922.

This application is in part a continuation of our prior application Serial No. 698,841, iled March 13, 1924, and is a division of our prior application, Serial No. 40,769, tiled July 1,1925.

For an illustration of some of the many forms our invention may take, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational View, partly in section, of apparatus embodying our invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view partly in section of the adhesive applying unit and a part of the conveyor mechanism.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view partly in section of a portion of the conveyor mechanism adjacent the wrapping machine.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a sectional View on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a side elevational view looking in the direction of arrow A on Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is a side elevational view looking in the direction of arrow B on Fig. 3.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged vertical sectional view on the line 8 8 of Figs. 5, G and 7 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged vertical sectional view on the line 9 9 of Fig. 5 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 10 is a partial vertical sectional view on the line 10 1O of Fig. 5 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 11 is a vertical sectional view on the -line 11 11 of Fig. 5 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 12 is a partial sectional view on the line 12 12 of Fig. 5 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 13 is an elevational view looking in the direction of arrow C on Fig. 12.

Fig. 14 is a partial vertical sectional view on the line 14 14 of Fig. 5 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 15 is a partial vertical sectional view on the line 15 15 of Fig. 5 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 16 is an enlarged elevational view of a sheet-gripping unit in closed position.

Fig. 17 lis an enlarged elevation of a sheetgripping unit in open position.

Fig. 18 is a vertical sectional view on line 18-18 of Fig. 19 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 19 is a View partially in elevation and partially in section taken on line 19 19 of Fig. 18 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 2O is a vertical sectional view on line 20-20 of Fig. 4 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 21 is a horizontal sectional view on line 21 21 of Fig. 20.

Fig. 22 is an enlarged vertical partially seetional view on line 20-20 of Fig. 4 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 23 is a. horizontal sectional view on line 23-23 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 24 is an enlarged partial side elevational view looking in the direction of arrow E on Fig. 1.

Fig. 25 is a vertical sectional view on line 25-25 of Fig. 5 looking in the direction of the arrows and showing the locking device for a. driving sprocket.

Fig. 26 is a vertical sectional view on line 26-26 of Fig. 3 looking in the direct-ion of the arrows and showing the driving arrangement for one of the one-time shafts and the box-conveying belt.

Fig. 27 is an enlarged elevational view of the arrangement for obtaining uni-directional step-hy-step movement of one of the shafts extending transversely of the supporting frames.

Fig. 28 is a horizontal sectional view on line 28 28 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows and showing a part of the automatic trip mechanism.

Fig. 29 is a horizontal sectional view on line 29 29 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows and showing another part of the automatic trip mechanism.

Fig. 30 is a vertical sectional view on line 30 30 of Fig. 29 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 31 is a vertical sectional view on line 31 31 ofFig. 35 looking in the direction of the arrows and showing a modified arrangement. i

Fig. is an enlarged plan view of a pair of air jet tips.

Fig. 33 is a view partly in vert-ical section on line 33 33 of Fig. 32 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 34 is an elevational View looking in the direction of arrow M on Fig. 32.

Fig. 34a is a. bottom view of an air jet tip.

Fig. 35 is a plan view of the structure of Fig. 31.

Referring to Fig. 1 there is .shown an adhc sive k.applying unit G and a wrapping machine V, or equivalent, as aforesaid. Unit G and machine 1V are cooperatively related by mechanism which synchronizes the operations or movements of the unit G with the operations or movements of the machine Y and by a conveying or transferring unit C delivers to the wrapping machine lV boxes. or equivalent, as aforesaid and sheets, or

iseavse suitable material., and delivering' the gummed sheets in succession uniform intervals. ln

the example illustrated, the lunit is of the same general. type disclosed in i Federwitz Letters .Patent llo.

.nted October 30, 1923, but preferably provided with additional structure for flattening the gummed sheets onto the conveyor belt of the unit G and for centralizing the stack of sheets with respect to the conveyor mechanisn, hereinafter described.

ming machine W may be of any suitable character and in the example illustrated in broadly of the type disclosed in prior Letters latent to Smith 691,329, and incre specifically of the type disclosed in prior Letters Patent to Nitsch and ederwitz 1,540,900, and still more specifically of the character disclosed in our prior Letters Patent l,5Lll,086.

The conveying' unit C, however, is of novel construction and is preferably of such form as to constitute a unit which may be added j, as an attachment to or a bridge for another set'of machines or mechanisms, or more particularly to a. wrapping machine lll, or equivalent, and an adhesive applying unit G, or'

equivalent.

rlhe adhesive applying unit G is driven at suitable speed by any suitable source of power and operates to move single sheets in succession from the stack a of unglued sheets through the rotary feed roll mechanism designated generally at b and into engagement with the gluing roll c where there is applied, on one side of each sheet, any suitable adhesive, as glue. The sheets after being stripped and deflected from the blue roll c are flattened `onto the conveyor belts CZ and Z1 of the adhesive applying` unit by presser wheels e mounted on a shaft el journaled in the frame of the unit G and driven by frictionwheen @2 also mounted on shaft el in turn driven by the conveyor belts (Z (Fig. Carried by the f pass the conveyor belts CZ and (Z1, the belts (Z passing around the idler and the beltkll passing around the idler z' (Fig. 2), suitably operated drive rolls l being provided for driving thevarious belts, whereby passage of vglued sheets is effected from the unit G toward the unit G. lt is to be observed that belt (Z1 is longer and extends beyond the belts Z toward the conveying unit C for a purpose hereinafter described.

A system of the character hereinafter described is fully adjustable for manipulating sheets and boxes of different dimensions. To the end that sheets of different dimensions may be utilized, table m on unit G receiving and supporting the stack a of unglued sheets is provided with guide members or arms a suitably secured for sliding movement on a plane surface ofthe frame of the unit. Arms a may be adjusted toward and from each other in any suitable manner, as by utilizing,- threaded openings ,o provided, respectively, with oppositely pitched threads with w iich cooperates the rod g likewise provided with oppositely pitched threaded portions, serrated disk r, upon manipulation, imparting rotative movement to said rod, (Figs. 23 and 24:) lt is to be understood that each arm n is spaced substantially an equal distance from a vertical plane passed centrally and longitudinally through the belt structure d and Z1 and, due to the adjusting arrangement described, arms n always remain at respectively equal distances from that plane. lf desirable, arms a may be releasably secured in any adjusted position by av clamp s attached to the frame portion 0 by bolt t.

The unit C comprises a base supporting the sheet and box conveyor mechanism and associated structure and is provided with bearings for a shaft y carrying a worm gear s and a cam da. Bearings b an base pivotally an oscillatory arm cc carrying a cam roller Zd substantially intermediate its ends and gear quadrant ee adjacent its other end. lform gear e meshes with and is driven by worm fj? mounted on and driven by shaft uas hereinafter described.

Oscillatory movement imparted to arm 0c in turn oscillates gearv l keyed to shaft 2. Gear 3 likewise keyed to shaft 2 (Fig. 6) meshes with gear d freely rotatable on shaft 5 disposed in bearings in supporting frames 5a and 55 carried by the frame m, the supporting frames also providingbearings for the shaft 2. A pawl 6 pivoted to gear 4e engages a one toothed ratchet 7 keyed to shaft Fig. 27), imparting,` rotative movement hereto during rotation of gear l in one direction and upon reversal of the direction of rotation of gear il, pawl 6 rides over the now stationary surface of ratchet 'l'. In this manner oscillatory rotative movement applied to gear 2 causes intermittent, step-bv step rotation of shaft 5 always in the same direction.

Supporting` frames 5a and 5o are tied together by supporting members 8 serving, to support and guide conveyor frames 9 mounted on said members 8 by sleeves 9a forming elonoated bearings for the conveyor frames, which may be adjusted longitudinally of members 8 as hereinafter described and fixed in adjusted position by set screws 9?) (Fig. 3).

The sheet omweg/r mechanism Gears 1() respectively mounted in bearings in the conveyor frames 9 (Fig. 8) are provided with sleeves 11, each splined to shaft 5 and held in position in the bearings by collars 12. A pair of shafts 13 (Figs. 6 and 7) respectively rotatable in bearings 14 on conveyor frames 9 are provided adjacent each cud with gears 15. One shaft 13 is disposed exteriorly of one of the conveyor frames 9 and the other is disposed exteriorly of the other conveyor' frame (Fig. 8), each shaft extending in the same direction longitudinally of and toward the wrapping machine end of the conveyor frames. Gears 15 on the ends of the shafts 13 adjacent the shaft 5 mesh with gears 10 aforesaid while the gears 15 on the ends of the shafts 13 adjacent the wrapping machine mesh with gears 16 keyed to studs 17 rotatably mounted in bearings in the conveyor frames 9 (Figs. 6 and 7), each stud carrying a drive sprocket 18 adjustably secured thereto by a tapered plug 19 and a nut 20 (Fig. 25). Rotatably mounted on the convevor frames 9 adjacent the unit C are the idler sprockets 21 mounted on studs Q2 vlying in slots 23. If desired, each stud may be provided with a threaded opening receiving a screw :24 (Fig. 2) which upon proper adjustment will shift the studs longitudinally of the conveyor frames to tighten the sprocket chains Q5, belts, or equivalent, mounted, respectively, on the pairs of sprockets 18 and 21. Suitable chain guides or supports 25a (Fig. 8) are disposed adjacent the bottom of conveyor frames 9 for supporting and guiding the chains while moving toward the wrapping machine 1V, bars 25.7) mounted as hereinafter described respectively .supporting and guiding the chains in their path of travel toward the unit G.

Spaced equidistantly along chains Q5 parallel to a vertical plane extending at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the conveyor frames 9 are the pairs of sheet gripper units designed generally at G1 (Figs. 1 and 1G to 19. inclusive), the distance along each chain 25 between neighboring gripper units being at least as great and somewhat greater than the maximum width of sheet to be operated upon. Each gripper areferably takes the place of a side link of one of the chains and comprises a plate bracket 26 secured by spring clamp 27 to chain link pins Q8, one of which forms a bearing for each gripper palm 29, provided with the tail 30 engaged by a spring 31 seated in a recess of the plate bracket 26, and, therefore, constantly urged in one direction.

Gripper palm 29 also is provided with an arm 32 for a purpose hereinafter described and with a palm proper 33, the sheet eventually being gripped between the latter and a knife-edged surface 34, preferably a circular disk or Wheel rotatably mounted on a stud 35 in the plate bracket 26.

In operation, the oncoming glued sheet is brought forward by the conveyor mechanism of the unit G and is thrust against the vertical portion of a pair of gripper palms 29. Should the sheet be laterally displaced with respect to a line extending at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the unit C, its advanced corner will meet and be abruptly stopped by one of the gripper palms 29 whereupon the lagging corner will be carried forward into engagement with the other transversely aligned gripper palm by the continuously rotating belts l and d1 which still engage and slip under the bottom Surface of the glued sheet. The sheet may perhaps be of such narrow width that it will have passed beyond the belts l in which case the longer belt (I1 still slipping under the bottom surface of the sheet will perform the aligning function, the result being that the sheet is caused to assume its proper position, i. e., one in which its forward edge is parallel to a line extending at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the unit C. However, if for any reason the sheet is still not properly aligned, the pivoted gripper palms 29 upon release of the gripper operating members, hereinafter described, will travel in the arcs of a circle toward the left (Fig. 17 and cause proper alignment by thrusting an uvanced corner of the sheet a small distance backward toward the unit G.

The member 34, as stated, is preferably circular and is provided with an edged surface for effecting clamping engagement with the glued sheet (Fig. 18). In normal operation and due to the rotatable mounting of members 34, it usually happens that the same portion of the periphery of this member does not successively engage the glued surfaces of succeeding sheets. For example, in Fig. 16, a sheet has been gripped between member 34 and gripper palm 29 and this sheet will be transferred to a point of release by the conveyor chains whereupon the empty gripper unit G1 will return for another sheet. During the course of its travel, member 34 Will be rot-ated, perhaps by frictional engagement with the glued surface of the sheet when entering and leaving the gripper. At any rate, it usually happens that the rotatable member 34 of the empty gripper unit when in position to receive a freshly glued sheet is in a different position from that assumed in transferring the preceding sheet. In this manner glue or other adhesive adhering to the member 34 at any one point usually will dry and peel before that point functions lto again grip a sheet.

Although We have illustrated and described the unit G1 as being used with a sprocket chain and being in effect an integral part thereof, it is to be understood that fie gripper units of this character are not limited to use in this manner, but are capable of use in other types of apparatus, and with supporting members other than sprocket chains.

Sheet gm'ppcr release mechanism Shaft 5 rotating uni-directionally and step-by-step, as aforesaid, imparts uni-directional rotative movement to the sprockets 18. In this manner the chains and units G1 move step-by-step successively carrying individual sheets from the unit G toward the 'unit V. When a sheet has been suitably positioned with respect to the wrapper-applying mechanism, for example, when it has been brought tol position below the upper form block structure fw and above the lower form block or platen 'w1 of the unit W, a combined arrangement operates to release the sheet gripper, to temporarily hold the released sheet and to guideejected boxes. To this end, slotted gripper release members 250 having downwardly extending cams 25s are slidably clamped respectively to the conveyor frames 9 by bolts 25d. The position of cams 25s with respect to said frames is controlled by screws 25e mounted thereon and threaded in the gripper release members, the degree of adjustment in each case depending upon thejwidthof the sheets passino' through the machine. It is to be understood that cams 25s are maintained parallel to a vertical plane extending' at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the conveyor frames and operate respectively to release the glued. sheet by depressing arms 32 of the gripper units G1 when said arms in their travel come in contact with the respective cams 25s. Sheet holding plates 257 secured to each gripper release member 250 and movable therewith have slots 25g opening into suction holes 25k in their lower surfaces communicating` with suction pipe 252 leadingto a suitable suction pump not shown). lhen being released from the unit G1, as aforesaid, the forward edge of the glued sheet enters slots 25g where it is temporarily held by suction until the upper form block structure fw descends. lt is to be observed that the inner surfaces of the sheet holding plates Qf forni a guide channel through which the ejected boxes pass (Figs. 12 and 13).

The one-time mechanism A pair of cam-carrying shafts, hereinafter specifically described. are journaled in the conveyor frames 9 substantially parallel to each other and to the conveyor frames and are so correlated wit-h the driving mechanism of the wrapping machine 1V that one rotatien of each is effected in response to one cycle of the vwrapping' machine W. These shafts in turn control certain'instrumentalities and, therefore, the time of actuation of such instrunientalities is dependent upon the position of the operating parts o'f the Wrapping machine.

Proceeding to a description of the arrangement for operating said shafts and referring to Fig. 1 wherein the shaft g/ of the unit C is shown carrying a spiral gear e1 engaging a spiral gear 36 keyed adjacent one end to a shaft 37 mounted in bearings in the supporting frames ac and 5b, the latter shaft adjacent its other end carrying a spiral gear 38 meshing with a corresponding spiral gear 39 keyed to shaft 40 mounted in bearings in the supporting frames 5a and 5b. A spiral gear 41 keyed to shaft 40 meshes with a spiral gear 42 carried by shaft 43 mounted in bearings 44 on the exterior of the supporting frames 5?) 6). Adjacent its other end shaft 43 carries a spiral gear 45 meshing with a spiral gear 46 keyed to shaft 47 likewise mounted in bearings in the supporting frames 5a and 5b. Gears 4S mounted in bearings in the conveyor frames 9 and splined to shaft 47 mesh respectively with gears 50 keyed to shafts 51, hereinafter referred to as one-time shafts, disposed longitudinally of the frame in bearings 51a (Figs. 3 and 26), the latter supporting bars 25?) in turn respectively supporting chains 25 when traveling toward the unit G. 1t is to be understood, however, that the spiral gears e1 and 36, the shaft 37 and the train of shafts and O'ears as described aforesaid leading to and including gears 51 are in reality one-time shafts, and, if desired, suitable controls may be effected by any part or parts of this train and such controls will be actuated in synchronism with the operating parts of the wrapping machine W.

Sy/ncwonefez'ng mechanism for the @mit G and delivered to the belt structure of said unit G. t is to be understood that cam 40a is so positioned on shaft 40 that the unit G will be successively actuated at proper times to eventually cause individual sheets to reach the wrapping machine l/V at the proper time for coaction with the form block structures w and m2.

The box conveying mechanism Pulleys 49 secured respectively to gears 48 26) respectively drive box conveying belts 52, bands, or equivalent, continuously, an idler pulley 53 keeping each belt in engagement with the drive pulley 49 (Fig. 1). Reli-s 52 pass over the front and rea-r idler pulleys 54 and 55 and intermediate idler 

